Temporary binder



(No- Model.)

G. P. WILLIS. Temporary Binder.

Patented June 8,1880.

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GEORGE F. WILLIS, OF FUTNAM, CONNECTICUT.

TEMPORARY BINDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 228,501, dated June 8, 1880.

Application filed March 9, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE F. W1LLIs, of Putnam, in the county of Vindham and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Temporary Binders; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

Figure l is a perspective view, and Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

This invention relates to bill-files or temporary binders and it consists in certain improvements in the construction of the same, which I shall now proceed more fully to describe with reference to the drawings, in which- A represents a base-plate provided at each end with an upright wire, B. Adjoining the wires B, I place at each end of the plate A two vertical tubes, C C, the upper ends of which are sharpened in order that they may readily receive such papers and letters as it may be desired to collect upon the tile, the upright wires B B serving as gages.

The tubular uprights C C, at each end of the plate A, are connected by a removable bent transfer-wire, D, having one long arm, E, which extends to the bottom of the tube at the upper end of the plate, and a short arm, F, which just enters the tube at the lower end of the plate.

It will be seen that by slightly raising the transfer-wires the short arms of the latter may be removed from the tubular uprights, upon which letters and papers of all kinds may then (No model.)

be adjusted. By replacing the transfer-wires any papers may be easily removed or transferred from one side of the file to the other.

The tubular uprights C are provided near their upper ends with perforations G, through which cords or wires may be drawn for the purpose of enabling the letters or papers collected upon the file to be easily and conveniently bound or tied together.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings hereto annexed, the operation and advantages of my invention will be readily understood. It is simple, inexpensive, and extremely convenient for the use of merchants and others.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States 1. As an improvement in bill-files, the combination, with a base-plate having central uprights or gage-pins and sharpened tubular upright-s adjoining the latter, of removable curved transfer-wires connecting the said tubular uprights, as set forth.

2. As an improvement in bill-files, the combination, with the plate A, having gage-pins B B, and sharpened tubular uprights C C, having perforations G G, of the removable curved transfer-wires D D, having long arms E and short arms F, all arranged and operating substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE F. WVILLIS.

Witnesses EMILIE 0. WILLIS, WALTER L. SEWARD. 

